you ask me how im doin.. you ask me what im doin'.. im stayin busy baby.. busybusy :)
im one man got two hands ten fingers ideas feelin's and a whole lotta peoples and well wishers.. you ask me what im doin it for you ask me who am i doin it for god and them thats who
this a song im usin as intro for a project called Mynstrel Music did it together with an extremely gifted and soulful cat in haarlem holland Job dela porte is his name goes by artist name Manik
i love his mood and feel when i heard it i had to have it..
here is the result of that particular collab stay tuned for more yo..
soultravellin'
we like birds flyin' in the orange light of the sun new horizons we explore as well as the shores where we from some come undone got their personal stories thru the sadness and the glories i seen you smile some seen you cry some unsure if you lost or broke even it ain' about winnin' or losin' but believin' workin thru the fears ownin your shame i feel the damp on my grandmothers tears they stain on my cheecks they land holdin my hands up to the rain she told me thru my father be meek hide your pain follow your heart donever allow it to be tame tell your own true story no pain no glory don't let nobody blind fold you from the truth callin' em lies stay holdin fast to gods hemn follow the wise i asked them but some things they cant tell you cant give you the lessons of the dust their tears fell to or even prevent similar things happenin' some call it poetry when i drop to my knees rappin
aaight checkitout.. never before did i have cards and such for that matter never before did i have my own website :) aaight soo.. wifey made it so so props to wifey yo check em out sh.. she even made these pictures..
now picture that..
(hhmm, yeah i know..corny..)
aaight.. now check em out from a different angle..
dang, they just stay fly.. i know man..
i can't help it.. just can't help it...
aaight go'head stare for a lil' bit longer but after that you really need to go back to doing what you were doing man..
..you and you and you an you and you.. you .. you .. and you too.. haha you thought i didn't see you right?! but i did.. so.. happy new years to you too peace y'all
if you know me a little bit then you know i love soccer or football as many west indian friends like to correct me sort of a throwback i love old skool the passion the styles the romance the greatest era of the game for me was 50 60 and 70 and to me like many others the most passionate creatively and joyously the game has been and still is being played is undoubtedly by the keepers of the game brazilians here's a dedication to one of my favorites
i love you garrincha thank you for doing your thing and bringing so much joy to the hearts of so many lovers of the game we are forever indebted to you thank you
my mind stretches farther than the monetary concerns that comes with makin a livin following dreams cause i know things at best are only half of what they seem, and then there is ife the part away from the mic, the part that seems to be inevitably filled with strife bills n responcibilities, lately ive been feelin less free lately ive been daydreamin more frequently, thinkin of once in time lovers now second time divorcies, whats love got to do with divorce papers and lawyers fees, or hearing co-workers bitter stories of the good bad n ugly in the romantic and not so romantic 60's, never thought of a day past hippies of how some were smokin to get away much like lost kids today guess the bud doesnt fall far from the tree while with a bottle in your hand you judgin me and the next thing i see is an innocent seed looking at me looking for hope, while im strugglin to believe n yet thru them somehow i believe maybe cause they remind me of how i used to see the world, when god seemed somehow closer to me makes me question the mirror i look in hardly believe its the same me
yo i dibble dabbles a lil' bit with this drawin' stuff definately not no picasso but i would say also no sloucho :) (just had to put that in there for added cornyness value) but youknow just havin fun an expressin myself and now i would like to share it with you esteemed reader of this joint.. first pic is inspired by a pic of pac in a mag how that sound?! :) sound like chinese ping pong right a pic of pac in a mag!! :) anyway no offense to other tupac fans or to any chinese people just being corny again.. anyway rest in peace pac thank god for you..
the next one inspired by a friend of mine and my love for the motherland
i thought about this a lil' bit as i was gettin' my breakfast youknow sometimes these thoughts popup in my head and i start to muzin' about them, youknow it don really matter where you born raised or live it seems like the moment you part of a society like we all are each and everyone gets categorized by various little boxes sections frameworx etc. all across the board too skin color ethnicity age gender preferences etc.. i guess its all part of the human condition but damn youknow some feel safe cause the feeling can bring safety to be part of something to feel like you belong but the question is how safe is that safety cause once you step out of the confines of that safety will the zone in which you found that saffety now perceive you as different? same when it comes to being yourself and defining yourself many seem to be living and walking along the lines of standards of what they somehow know is accepted therefore giving their power to others i mean obeying laws of society or universal laws or social rules you decide is all a part of personal growth the only constant over which you have control is your soul so what you look like letting others define it for you?! and what you look like when you do and now they change their minds..
stich..native (new yorker, born on 42nd street) and i sat anxiously watchin' the final game of the yankees and the phillies look at him full of confidence never once doubted that his yankees were gonna win
i didn't have many doubts but wasn't as assured as my man there wow look at him.. confidently starting the score is 4 to 1 for the yankees already..
hold onto it yankees..
all the way to the 9th inning yeah baby.. we can smell it..
so yeah i told y'all a little while back me an the girl that do my hair on the regular got into it man listen pride aint no joke like see usually i back down an chill and try to make a situation right youknow but lately i been stressin and i wasnt i mean jus wasnt in the mood to back down an off so regardless of my coworkers tellin me to staighten things out i just let it ride cause i dont ALWAYS wanna be the one youknow makin things better so... i had to get it together cause i couldnt keep walkin around like this yo, for real..
so what do you do when you in a bind anyplace anytime?! thats right you call on moms.. now i got my blood moms youknow biological moms in holland 1 love yet im over here and my hair needs attention so.. whats good?! yup son gotta call on mams from anotha grams we talked we laughed caught up and aright its all good she said "come thru tomorrow and imma hook you up.."
cool.. :)
so youknow, if you know it take a lil' prep work to get the thing done.. takin' out the old braids washin' the hair to defunkify it and greasin' it up for the fresh new twist..
(my co worker stays lettin' me know, thats too much ish dogg yo, just shave your sh..) i had to tell em 1 would but i wont look as pretty :)
anyway..
after you get done doin' all this you may wind up lookin' something like this: something in the way of questlove or frederick douglas you say?! yeah i guess so butyouknow im not the great orator livin' in plantation times and im not the ill matic drummer playing in the worlds greatest hip hop band..so
i guess not for me not at this time no.. ('spect to them cats though..)
..if you can't back it up
so yo
game day..
fresh coupe out moms did her magic, right?! call for your own appointment 1-689-485... nah jus kidding.. :) peace y'all
you ever get the feeling like you lost in the middle at sea? like you set out on a journey and you traveling and traveling trying to do whats right trying to avoid ruff winds dealing with the tides as they come forever telling yourself tomorrow will be better.. and praying that it will be while attempting to grasp a clearer vision on reality maybe it are all the hidden pockets of karma that bring these lessons maybe it is drifting from your souls truth. the tension comes from knowing what you know and them deciding what is right all these things are based on control. like a child who hears feels and talks to god within their heart cofronted by man to conform to rules life already has its own rules so who are educated fools to tell you how your soul works i remember the bible say that what is hidden from the wise and prudent will be revealed to the babes and sucklings.. and how come people in your circle dont appreciate your stubbornness but admire the stubborn persistance that inevitably is needed to achieve ones goal and how come people expect you to remain polite when they themselves are not and how come sometimes even when you thought you made all the right moves you still singin'..the dark blues..
my pops tells me
my son, jesus was perfect, and they crucified him.. nuff said say no more
hey y'all nice surprise to see my stats go from a few to a few more good to feel the love from wifey who posted me on twitter and her blog and such nice nice nice isnt she great?! and talented?! and lovely?! now i feel she gave me an audience for which i must speak ahh well ahum.. here goes nothing :) nah man jus chillin'.. daily greens right?! well today was a little chillier than yesterday and a litlle over cast this always sets the tone and mood mood and tone was calm daydreamin my way thru the day.. oh.. yeah i finished a song yesterday evening after working on the parts for like two or three days its like a collabo thing with a french songstress her name is INDY really a beautiful talent man if you interested or just curious please feel free to check her out at www.myspace.com/musikindy now normally i dont really take time like that to do a song usually take like a day so i finished the song and found that what a friend of my told me is true it pays of to be accurate when you work youknow really doing your best on what it is you're doing so that when you look back on what you did you can have that feeling of satisfaction that you really put that care into what you did my elementary school teacher used to say not the plenty is good but the good is plenty nice.. heres a different song we did please enjoy
on another note a sad note :) if you look at any of my pictures you might notice that sometimes if not most times i have braids, well.. me and the girl that usually does my hair bumped heads nothing big but youknow in the meantime i cant get my hair done so youknow im gettin' clowned by my co-workers tellin me i need to make up or do something cause this here is gettin' ridiculous.. i mean i just bought a new shirt but a new shirt with a crazy hair do is just that a nice lookin' shirt with a crazy hair do or don't. . . so what i did today is ask one of the people around the college where i work at to hook me up and she told me she would do it tomorrow so thats cool but dogg i need to get my hair done man.. maybe i should just make up but youknow im just not that good in groveling, i wonder whether thats something anyone could be good at, ah well, yeah man imma have to keep you posted on that situation for now im deciding whether i want a cup of chamomille tea or a beer.. peace y'all tomorrow..
yo whats good man so im reading dreams from my father by barack obama
its a good read yo mostly read it on the bus on my way to and from work provided the bus isnt pilin' out youknow rush hour style.. if you ain' know, aint nothin' cute about it sweaty m'fuckas morning breath people brushin up on you scuffin yo shoes an such.. youknowwhatitis.. people wanna sit in between you and the person in the next seat over i mean jus cause its empty don mean you fit in it damn.. tired as ish.. and yeah you gotta stand makin you feel like you gettin' punished for bussin' yo ass all day workin' people on the phone talkin' waaay too loud and lookin at you like 'what?!' yeah i know its a free country but son, wtf.. sat on tha bus one time seen a roach or something crawlin on the seat next to the lady opposite me, yo tell me why she wanna flick that m'f.. without lookin'?! in my direction at that.. you not recognizin that sh.. may be considered offensive?! yo im buggin' though.. an' im not even in a bad mood but im catchin myself tantrumming.. thats funny yo i got stories for days about the trains and subways yo my homey once told me back in tha day when i liked public transportation a lot more that i was a train ridin' m'f'er yeah i see now how having a car would be the shiznit.. however when i listen to my co-workers the ones that talk about they couldnt find a parkin spot and circled the block for like an hour i dont know guess we all gotta deal.. one thing though tell me why they keep raisin he fares?! i mean, less busses an trains and you raisin? the fare.. anyway im in no means mad at my dudes workin hard drivin them iron worms and steel caterpillars all day..thats my homeboys.. shout.. jus echoin' some of the busstop conversation on the daily.. oh.. and aint it funny how when you in a rush.. there the bus go.. and when you right there its delay-time.. ah well enuff of me whinin' yeah so comin back after a long detour im readin this book and its cool man cool in the way that its a beautiful insight in a true persons mind a person who seems to be seekin' in all integrity for whats true balancing wat he knows and what the world shows youknow.. yeah i like it.. and its crazy to be reading that book which doesnt feel like a politically charged book so far and then look up and seein' the man's face on the cover of the newspages of the person in front of me.. its also funny to see how he mentions certain things like places in hawaii and to know where those spots are like ala wai, for those who dont know i lived in hawaii on oahu for like three years '96 to '99 and to see him mention spots where i walked yeah thats bugged must be ill for them peoples thats still there to have him do that sh.. cool to me.. big up to the beautiful people of hawaii my peoples still there mililani waipahu downtown honolulu and off course north shore side nuffin' but love an' respekt.. ala moana its bugged out to think on those things like yo i really like jus played soccer there on sundays ate moantain apples drank sour sap hung out with my homeys played music and went to school there an such like yo its a trip you wakin' in the mornin and the sun is up and everywhere is beauty i mean like yo you in a regular street and the flowers are amazing red yellow and white youknow the ones you see the girls on postcards and such wearing its crazy yo got me thinkin of my mother in law of whom i heard that when she was younger in indonesia people would use banana leaves to shelter from the rain an so forth wild right?! imagine doin that in ny?! :) now dont get it twisted yo i love ny just dont like smelly arm pits and stale breath in the morning:) or at any time really.. youknow whats ill to me?! when i first got to ny i never really wanted to go to the beach cause youknow ain no beaches like hawaii beaches that was my whole thing youknow i just felt like i would be dissapointed if i would go which in reality is not even true i went to long beach l.i., coney isle, and jones beach and had crazy fun man.. yo what i was gonna say i never knew but long island to me is like a mix between the rest of ny and hawaii yo its crazy i never had no reason to go to l.i. besides my supervisor slash moms livin' there, youknow for someone livin' in the city that whole thing spells a lotta money, and a lotta commute.. so basically.. why doit?! i went cause i had new found fam there and yo i like longue I. yo.. when i told somebody this they was like 'youainknow?!'.. somebody shoulda told you.. peace to my lil' sis.. oh an.. i won.. :) reponche.. oh, 'an' for your listenin' pleasjore..'-shout to black thought..
yo check it out so i see this dude i know on the morning of the presidential election i know him from the gym and he's like yo i know you gonna do the right thing today right?! and im like he thew me off cause the first thing im thinkin is like what? go to the gym? so when it dawned on me what he was talkin about you know voting i was like oh..
so youknow that inspired me to write a song about it and his words became the hook..
11.4.08
people askin u gonna do the right thing today?!
somewhere a mother cries cause she cant feed her children while we taste the salty lies of greedy politicians meanwhile her children are dying for real a slow process painfull like torture painfull like hopeless tears weary from emotions feelings of hopelessness arise while we vote between tyrants that send children to wars to die peace for the government is not an option for peace doesnt make cents never did they intent to reason for a solution what would you do if someone declared war on you if the foot was in the other shoe it aint nothing new got many wars to learn from world war two vietnam still we send kids to die by bombs to get murdered by guns coming home with missing legs and arms where are we supposed to get our belief from in these so called leaders do they even heed us? seems like we can only pray that one day the tables will turn and from our ways we learn
they wanna know am i gonna do the right thing today?!..
it seems change is the only thing that makes sense it's hard to believe people have viewpoints so dense as the ones i see when i look at tv The illest paradox is you sayin you fightin for peace im waitin on line prayin the stars align at the right time some never gonna be ready I say its about time To have a black president who’s hearts in the right space Movin this country to the right place At the right pace Yo this world is precious to me Like a newborn baby So instead of bombin it I would like somebody to treat it With some grace and integrity It seems like hope is defeatin’ the skeptic in me While I turn the handle to the left I see my grandmother All my people before her And wht this life showed her And my pops comin up in the divide of the black an white The era of whites only and the age of black pride Everyone stands on somebody’s shoulders I ask god for guidance as I turn the lever
yo whats good fam jus wanted to take a little time out to say whatsup so did what i had to do went to bk early was nice an shot uptown to give my man the trax to mix on the way i seen some dutch people enter the train youknow sometimes you can hear em sometimes you can see it i guess its like that for people they recognize people from their country and it always got me wonderin' like yo what should i do like youknow should i talk to em let em know im dutch an then immediately ask myself like why?! it aint nuffin' is like close to 20 million of em youknow?! ah well shout to bed-stuy for being beautiful.. shout to harlem for being beautiful too, i got love for harlem you can just feel the history when you walking around there and its jus crazy bugged to me imaginin' youknow so many great people jus walkin' round there malcolm billie langston alladem.. r.i.p and the landmarx an such.. its crazy yo and so many people are still here youknow like legends jus living and walking amongst the mere mortals gettin' their groceries at the same spots where you be at matter fact my mans in the stuy told me biggie r.i.p used to work at the Met right 'round the way where i lived and stayed for like close to 10 years last time i was there they still had his picture up and a few of my mans knew em is crazy man.. really crazy to think of those things. it was rainy today fall weather youknow but for a little while the sun came out but im home now :) nah i mean the sun came out and it was nice you know quiet sunday afternoon wonder what its like in amsterdam right now like is people chillin watchin 'studio sport' or gettin' ready for the next mornin' aint many places more beautiful than amsterdam thats my word you ain never been please go its the biz.. youknow known for the good shit but the vibe is jus love love though and they got the festivals an shows that make summatime the best, peace to the vondelpark and all the good memories there yo.. man y'all know what it is im jus shootin the breeze up so soon my songs gonna be mixed and imma continue work on me album 'streetblues' for those who know i been walkin round with the same project for like a few years forever makin changes but i wanit to be done jus right youknow, the way i want it to be it takes patience and letting go too is like yo you drop a joint and then you feel like aaight thats the hot shit and then you listen to it and then you like yo thats cool but i need to do this and that and such an such to where you really need somebody to just be like yo keep this and jus move the f.. on and do something different youknow?! its about 6.51 on my clock right now and im about to do some laundry y'all so peace n god bless till we chat again..
my peoples... back from work yo chillin' heineken in hand you know coolin' my man jorrito just sent me the song 'yama' art blakey i believe (pretty sure of it, but dont wanna tick off any jazz specialists.. youknow they such a specific crowd youknow.. an' it wouldnt be a good look for me being the son of a jazz player an' all.. :) yeah man that song is dope youknow taking me back to dayz of chilling with my dudes at J's moms spot an just smokin drinkin an loungin youknowwhatimsayin' mid-ninetees sh..
yo..
got plans to go to city college tomorrow early meeting up with artem kolakov the engineer he's the dude with the glasses in the youtube video's.. oh youainknow?! well go checkem mon.. (a lil' patois f'thadass..) peace to my JA peoples
so, up to harlem a quick stop in BK first pick up some mail an' say hi to my bk fam
yo sh..is nice man.. for anyone ever tried to put together an album man.. nuff'spekt due
im doing that rizight nizow.. thats the reason for going uptown.. my man A.K.(artem kolakov.. you like that right?!.. i know, just thought of it, mixing my ish.. an let me tell you the pre mix and final mix is like russia and africa both beautiful but very different man.. an' he doing his thing..
glad i met him..
so yo whereever you at right now.. i hope you lovin'.. peace till further chats an' stats..
whats good my peoples or should i say peep, yes opened it yesterday, y'all remember the grandourous event yo, anyway.. shout out to the siep.. the first official reader.. the love is felt :)
sketchin a scenario for ya chillin here with some chamomille tea and the label says.."no man is an island entire of itself.." wanna give a shout to rogier on the birthday and dixxie congrats on the baby.. niceone and ive recently been inducted into the exclusive mp3 club (looking for a new, more official name) and i must say the jams is official.. like suiffe said in a mail.. i was kinda like glued to his ipod for like hours sh.. was beautiful..
other n that gettin ready to go to work work in a theater they got a dance thing going on yo i work there as a technician and these companies have like the nightmare combination of props and items they use picture:flower hay plastic balloons dry ice hot water all in one and youknow what im talkin about yo you ever see them shows on tv where they have those million confetti pieces drop from the sky?! you ever wonder who cleans em? right, you guessed it.. now you understand why i need to get this music thing poppin' :)
so far god blessed a nigg.. though i got some new things coming out.. so stay tuned and check www.youtube.com/gregoryggreen for daily new drafts..
shout to my man in japan kenishiro nishihara doing his thing
i just found out i could start bloggin' you know like journalizing, communicatin' to the world and ish.. yo thatswhatitis, i know y'all aint there now cause i aint let youknow about it but trust.. i will.. and this way y'all could keep up with a nigg.. if y'all want imma be lettin' youknow about my days loves and passions.. and y'all can do the same
this a beautiful thing cause i got maad fam spread out cross the world like a big 'ol jelly roll
youknow 'spread out'.. get it?!! :)
aaight whatevea i hear you thinkin' nuff with the cornyness already but baby theres no way i can.. :) thats just part of the green gene i guess anyway welcome to my blizog and keep posted for more greens.. healthy an' good for you..
he said one day we'll all be free presently we in bondage and we dont see movement on the block snow melts to water and the birds make themselves heard like the musquitos make themselves felt on my stoop i remenisce on you with a cold drink how we two as one used to walk by the water kids used to wade in and watch the sun sink while the people on the strip tripped as the hookers stripped doing their thing in thongs heads turning like ping pongs all night long, trying to get paid of working magic trix with the ding dong getting laid whispering words in sing song to turn you on waikiki had a miami feel the elements the same song for real rings and things, windows rolling like waves down on convertibles, in the background the water pulled the sands back down to the deep like a pair of hands, wind thru our hair tequila in our system while the fly beats played from our system..
